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Arkema and Hexcel’s new lab aims to develop carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic prepreg tapes which are capable of producing lightweight parts for aircrafts of the future. The companies are keen to install an initial industrial pilot line in the new lab soon.

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The recently started MMAtwo project is a European initiative for the recycling of PMMA waste by depolymerization to turn it back into raw material. Arkema will be chairing the project’s executive committee.

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Ineos plans to buy Arkema’s Oxo Alcohol business, which will include the acquisition of Arkema’s stake in Oxochimie, a Joint Venture at Lavéra between the two firms, producing oxo alcohols (butanol and 2-ethyl hexanol).

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Arkema increases its compounding capacities at its Zhangjiagang site (Jiangsu Province) specialized in biosourced specialty polyamides. In the United States, a new investment in the Birdsboro site (Pennsylvania) will enable the manufacture of new Pebax biosourced grades for the s...